Monday, July 14, 2014

So here's a song I wrote not too long ago for the child of a close friend of mine entitled Olivia Is Here. I had intended to put something together at the time of her birth, as I had done for his son, but this one didn't see daylight until she was a good five years old. Which means she was able to give it a good listen for herself soon after it was recorded. I'm playing a 1948 Gretsch Synchromatic in an open tuning. Not much more to say other than that at the time I was listening to a lot of Merle Travis early instrumentals, so if you know that music you might detect that influence.

I love this song on so many levels. The melody is as sweet as the performance is impressive. The finger rolls you do at :50 are really impressive and quite unexpected. Then you come out of it with a very nice bopping melody. That, and your finger vibrato. Bravo.

Guys, thanks for the comments, I appreciate them. Mr GeeBee: Yes I often play with a loose approach, even in a song with a well-defined structure such as this one, and I’m glad you appreciate it. Sometimes I cross that line intentionally, more often it just happens. Do you have any self-penned songs around? I’d love to hear some.

Jack,your song has inspired me to leave my days of blog-free darkness behind and join the blog bright world. Great song for a great girl. We all miss Morgan in the old neighborhood, but frankly, it was his kids who really livened up the place. I haven't listened to the song 1000 times, but will continue to listen. Thanks to all of you for populating this blog and forcing music in through a crack in my exoskeleton.